ST. MARGARET OF CORTONA PASTORAL STAFF: Rev. Brian P. McCarthy, Pastor AND ST. GABRIEL PARISH Rev. Julius M. Eyyazo, Parochial Vicar stmargaretofcortona-stgabriel.com Rev Sandro Leyton, Parochial Vicar Rev George Lodi, Parochial Vicar e-mail: [email protected] Rev. Msgr. Dermot Brennan, Weekend Associate ST. MARGARET OF CORTONA Deacon George Pitula 6000 RIVERDALE AVENUE Deacon Donald M. Quigley BRONX, NEW YORK 10471 Sr. Mary Amadeus McKenna, O.P.., Pastoral Associate 718-549-8053

ST. GABRIEL PARISH MEMBERSHIP: To be considered 3250 ARLINGTON AVENUE active members of St. Margaret of Cortona and St. Gabriel BRONX, NEW YORK 10463 Parish, each family and single adult must be properly 718-548-4470 registered and regularly use the weekly donation envelopes for our parish. This is the only way the parish can issue documents attesting to parish membership LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS and Catholic practice (e.g. A LETTER TO BE A St. Margaret of Cortona GODPARENT OR SPONSOR. Newly registered SUNDAY MASSES: (Vigil) 5:15 PM Saturday parishioners must be registered & use envelopes for at least 6 Sunday: 8:00 & 10:00 AM, 12:00 Noon and 5:15 PM months before a Sponsor Letter can be issued.). New LATIN RITE MASS: 1st Sunday of the month at 3:00PM parishioners are requested to visit the parish office. WEEKDAY MASSES: 8:30 AM and 12 Noon SATURDAYS: 8:30 AM ENVELOPE SYSTEM: To assist us in keeping LEGAL HOLIDAYS: 12:00 PM accurate records of your contributions, we request that 1st SATURDAY: Rosary in Honor of Our Lady 9:00 AM you use the weekly envelope system. This enables us to MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA: verify your donations should it be necessary for tax Monday preceding 8:30 AM Mass purposes. Please notify the Rectory if you change your CONFESSIONS: are available on Saturdays at 4:00 PM address. until 5:00 PM and upon request.

HOLY HOUR/ADORATION: Thursday 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM— (suspended for summer) EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EXPOSITION AND ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Friday after Noon ST. MARGARET OF CORTONA SCHOOL: Mass. Concludes with Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Ben- Grade Pre-K through Grade 8. For information, call the ediction at 3:00 PM principal, Mr. Hugh Keenan, at 718-549-8580 or visit the school website at: www.smcsriverdale.org. St. Gabriel SUNDAY MASSES: (Vigil) 5:00 PM Saturday ST. GABRIEL SCHOOL: Grade Pre-K through Sunday: 9:30 & 11:30 AM Grade 8. For information, call the principal, Mr. WEEKDAY MASS: Monday – Friday 9:00 AM Anthony Naccari, at 718- 548-0444 or visit the school MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA: website at: www.saintgabrielschoolbronx.org. Monday following the 9:00 AM Mass CONFESSIONS: are available on Saturdays at 4:15 PM RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM: For until 4:45 PM and upon request. children in public and private schools, Grade 1 through ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grade 8. For information, email the School of Religion: SACRAMENTS Mrs. Georgina Nieves, St. Gabriel at BAPTISM: Arrangements may be made by speaking [email protected] or with one of the priests. Mrs. Kerry Bader, St. Margaret of Cortona: at MARRIAGE: Before the date is confirmed, couples [email protected].

should meet with one of the priests. This should be done at least one year ahead. Pre-Cana is required. HOMEBOUND: For those confined at home, SICK CALLS: For the ill, the Sacrament of the Sick is Extraordinary Ministers bring Holy Communion. If available. Please call the Rectory at any time. anyone is not on the regular list, please call the Rectory. ST. MARGARET OF CORTONA AND ST. GABRIEL PARISH, BRONX, NY

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time THE COLLECTION REPORTS A Reflection Thank you for your generosity to our

On the cusp of fame, power, or influence, would parish. you turn it down? Today’s Gospel again features January 12th: $16,249 John the Baptist. Controversial but popular, John has gathered quite a group of followers. He has THE RECTORY OFFICES will be closed on disciples. People come from near and far to be Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, baptized by him. Pharisees and government Jr. Day. The Rectory Offices will reopen on leaders are drawn to his preaching. If John was Tuesday at 9:00 AM. another man, a lesser man, he would have claimed Masses on Monday will be celebrated: his own greatness. Instead, John the Baptist is a St. Margaret’s: 12 Noon witness to humility. St. Gabriel’s: 9:00 AM “The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ‘Behold the Lamb of God … He is the one Day of Prayer and Reflection of whom I said, “A Man is coming after me who for Liturgical Ministers ranks ahead of me.”… the reason why I came Saturday, March 7th from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM baptizing with water was that He might be made Event Contact: Fr. Matthew Ernest known.’” Rather than point to himself, John points E-mail: [email protected] to Christ. John could have grasped at what he had Phone: 914-968-6200 accumulated. He could have seen Jesus as a Where: St. Joseph's Seminary Messianic competitor. Instead, John knows who he 201 Seminary Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704 is. He knows his place as forerunner. Because John Cost: $30 (includes lunch) knows who Jesus is. “I have seen and testified that Description/Details: Extraordinary Ministers of He is the Son of God.” Holy Communion, Lectors, Ushers and Parish A life of humility, a life for others, can be Musicians are invited to gather together to reflect challenging to live. So much of our culture is built on the meaning of the Easter Triduum and around achievement and individualism. We can discover its deep meaning for their lives, their justify it, too, in pursuit of “greater goods” and ministry and their parish communities. This day of higher ideals. In the process, however, we might prayer and reflection will include presentations by miss our own participation in the kingdom of God. Dr. Donna Eschenauer, associate dean and John, for all of his humility, was not an associate professor of pastoral theology at St. afterthought. In another Gospel passage, Jesus Joseph's Seminary." calls him “the greatest prophet,” even the greatest Schedule for the Day: of men. Why? Because he fulfills the mission given 10 AM - Registration to him by God: to announce the coming of the 10:15 AM - Morning Pray Joseph's Seminary Messiah. We too are prophets and forerunners. Chapel Our witness to the Gospel is meant to point people 10:45 AM - Talk by Dr. Donna Eschenauer to Jesus. Consider your own mission this week. To 11:30 AM - Quiet time/Opportunity for Confessions whom are you called to announce the good news 12:00 PM - Lunch of the Son of God? 1:00 PM - Talk by Dr. Donna Eschenauer 1:45 PM - Holy Hour and Benediction CHRISTMAS CHURCH 3:00 PM - Departure PREPARATIONS: Our heartfelt “THANK YOU” to Brian Carty, GRATEFUL HEARTS: The Sisters of Life, The Jimmy Husk, Aurora Tussy and her Munson House & The Riverdale Nursing Home are decorating crew, Marcia Reidy, Mary Jane deeply grateful for all the beautiful and very useful Schreibstein, Maureen Connolly, Marie- gifts you provided them with through the St. Jeanne Gwertzman and Anna Marte. Thank Gabriel Giving Tree Project. God bless you for you for your help preparing our Church for such awesome generosity. Christmas.! Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

THE 51st ANNUAL MEN’S Prayer Vigil for Life BEEFSTEAK will take place on Mass with Timothy Cardinal Dolan Friday, February 7th at 7:30 Wednesday, January 22. 2020, the 47th PM in the Msgr. Daniel A. anniversary of Roe v. Wade Peake Memorial Hall in St. 6:30 PM: Holy Hour lead by the Sisters of Life Margaret’s School. Once again, all the 7:30 PM: Mass with Cardinal Dolan proceeds from the fundraiser cover the The Church has designated January 22nd, the expenses for operating St. Margaret’s anniversary of Roe v. Wade, as a day of prayer basketball teams. It also offsets additional for the protection of the unborn & penance for expenses for the intramural basketball the sins against the dignity of the human person. program and awards presentation. All are welcome and no RSVP is necessary. The Night on the Town Raffle is a way in which everyone can participate in the Beefsteak and support the athletic program for the youth of St. Margaret’s. The Grand Prize is a Manhattan Hotel Reservation, Dinner for two at a Smith and Wollensky Restaurant, and two tickets to a Broadway Show. Donation for the Raffle tickets is still only $1 each or a book of six for $5. Members of the Beefsteak Committee and their supporters will have raffle books for sale after Masses beginning THIS WEEKEND. You may purchase tickets there or take them home, fill them out and return them the following week. The Beefsteak Committee is grateful for the great support they receive for this event. Tickets to the Beefsteak are on sale in ST. GABRIEL’S LEISURE CLUB meets each St. Margaret’s Rectory. TICKETS GO Tuesday at 12:30 in Walsh Hall. If there is snow, please call St. Gabriel’s Rectory to see if there VERY QUICKLY! Cost remains: $50 per will be a meeting. ticket or $25 for seniors over 65. .

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE ST. MARGARET OF CORTONA 2nd ANNUAL LADYSTEAK SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE You are invited to attend our Open Friday, February 7th from 7:30-9:30pm House to kickoff Catholic Schools Week While the men are at the beefsteak, the ladies on Sunday, January 26th from 9:30 will be at Downey’s! am - 11:30 am. $50 for complete open bar and St. Margaret's is currently accepting applications for appetizers. ($10 of each entry will go to PK3, PK4 and Kindergarten for the 2020 - 2021 benefit the St. Margaret's basketball program.) school year. We have limited space in Grades 1 There will also be a 50/50. - 7. Join us and tour our school, meet members FIRM RSVPs to Jen Laurie at of the SMCS family and learn about this premiere Catholic School in the heart of Riverdale. [email protected] by 1/31. Kindly contact the school to reserve a time to visit Pay cash at the door or in advance to Jen or during Catholic Schools Week (January 27th - 31st) Kerry Bader. and view our website at Paypal or venmo to [email protected] www.smcsriverdale.org. January 19, 2020

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: MASS INTENTIONS JAN 20 - 26, 2020

Courtney Amsinger Dimitrios Anastasiou St. Margaret of Cortona Georgina Ayra Irene Anzalone MONDAY: St. Fabian, Pope & Martyr Timothy Breen John Beckley 12:00 Manuel Garcia Joshua Brennan Iva Boatin Ellen Brown Betsy Boruchoff TUESDAY St. Agnes, Virgin & Martyr Brian Crawford Tom Brody 8:30 Patrick J. Dunne 12:00 Joseph Moscato & Frank Mule Mary L. Cronin Frank Caliendo Thomas & Mary Cronin Michele Cipriano WEDNESDAY: Day of prayer for the legal Margaret Commins Sr. Margaret Coomey protection of unborn children Steven DeRavaneusich Karen Cunniffe 8:30 Kathleen & Patrick Walsh Michael DiRusso Michael Dannucci 12:00 Margaret, James & Frank Kelly

Michael Dunne Daniel Doran THURSDAY St. Marianne Cope Virgin Jane Elliott Patricia & John Doran 8:30 Rita Hoey Martin Fray Robby Ernau 12:00 Kenneth Domenech Lydia Gonzalez Julia Farrell FRIDAY: St. Francis de Sales, Bishop Bridie A. Gaffney Aurelia Rodriguez- Flores 8:30 Peggy & Bill Sloan & Shane Nolan Barbara Gray Mary Ellen Gibbs 12:00 Emilo Cintron Donna Gray Michael Griffin Frances Hage Michael J. Healy SATURDAY: The Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle Michele Sanchez Henley Donna Hearla 8:30 Souls in purgatory who have no one to pray for them Donald Karpinsky Alina Hernandez

Mary Kelleher Maura Hurless SUNDAY: The 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Elizabeth Landau Nora Keegan 5:15 PM (Vigil) Peter & Kathleen Kilcommons Olivia Leroy Brian Kolterman 8:00 Catherine & James Russell Frances Loughlin Jack Marchindo 10:00 Antonietta DiMeglio Ray Madden Mrs. Marciliano 12:00 Patricia Benya Louis Marino John McGuinness 5:15 Thomas Hanrahan

Thomas McGrath Bridie Monaghan Mary McGuire Irene Morgan St. Gabriel Darlene McMeekin Lorraine Moriarty MONDAY: St. Fabian, Pope & Martyr Jeanne Myers Diane Morvillo 9:00 Michael & Mary Jane Carty Jean O’Malley Bozena Mul Sr. Eileen O’Sullivan Arlene O’Callahan TUESDAY St. Agnes, Virgin & Martyr Frank Paccione Caitlin O’Callahan 9:00 Joseph Guarascio Brian Phillips Bridie O’Sullivan Grace & John Rose Margaret O’Shaughnessy WEDNESDAY Day of prayer for the legal Katie Searson Carmen Perez protection of unborn children Ellen Sherwood 9:00 Lucy Rodriguez Rodolfo Pinzon Henry Snyder Angie & Estrella Rivera THURSDAY St. Marianne Cope Virgin Onelia Soto Michael Savcaneso 9:00 Catherine A. Sullivan Marilyn Spawn Adelynn Smith Mary Sullivan Harlie Smith FRIDAY: St. Francis de Sales, Bishop Elido Vega Catherine Tobin 9:00 Edward Griffen-Kranz Marie Zangaglai Arlene Viola SUNDAY: The 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: 5:00 PM (Vigil) Andrew McEvoy Margaret O’Donohue Frances Piscitelli 9:30 Nick DiCapone Awilda Soto 11:30 Parishioners of St. Margaret of Cortona & St. Gabriel Parish